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Nov 16 (Reuters) – The president of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel, is set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin next week in Moscow, the Kremlin and Cuba’s ambassador to Russia said on Wednesday.
“We await his visit to Moscow,” Peskov said in a briefing call with reporters.
The RIA Novosti news agency had earlier cited Cuba’s ambassador to Moscow as saying a meeting between Diaz-Canel and Putin had been scheduled.
“Contacts between the two heads of state are being prepared. This is a very important visit. Cuba is an important partner, there is a lot to talk about,” Peskov said.
During the visit, a monument will be unveiled in Moscow to Cuba’s late revolutionary leader, Fidel Castro. (Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Alison Williams and Kevin Liffey)
